Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-28

and ingraiued moral sense, and somethinl
To- the circumstances of its expatriatioi
from England but much also TO the struc
ture Of society which the first emigrant,
brought with them.
On its native soil the race ranged itsel
in civil and ecclesiastical orders which n,
revolutions have eiIectually shaken aud a.
Coleridge said, in his day "the rusti,
whistlcd with equal enthusiasm God save tn,
king. and 'Brituus never shall be slaves 9
This race tendency. specially marked in
Virginia, with its large landed prupri
etors its law Of entail and Of primogeni
ture, survived JeiIerson's counterblast il
the Declaration Of Independence, and even
the abolition of those laws brought about
mainly through his influence.
The first corners to New England, chief,
middle class Englishmen brought with then
the social distinctions of English society 81
far rs represented in their own number
These distinctions were manifest all through
their history, and have been finally sup
pressed only in recent times Till then ON,
who had grandfather was facilitated in hi,
political aspirations 10y that fact but nov
It Is quite otherwise The American revo
luton made no change that was political
not social revolt. The laws a1mittinl
those Of later period which abolished pri
mogeniture and divided property among all
the children of AN intcstate. probably had
more influence in cqualizing the condition
of people in Massachusetts than ia Virginia
where landed estates. ample when divided
maintained several uristucrntic familie.
sprung ir"m one But in Massachusett,
the ruling force after the revolution, per
haps even more than before. was persona
and family prestige, augmented in men dis
tmgulshed in the war or who traced Their
lineage to those conspicuous in colonial 81
provincial governments
The result, rs every one knows who has
lived under the old order and rs no one
else can fully realize was that the substan.
tial governing force in society formed an
aristocracy of old families. including the
parsun, the squire, few landed pruprie.
tors. and the village merchant There
WEI @ party divisions, of course but which.
ever party prevailed at the polls its aristo-
cratic element controlled the government
80 sudden and 81 recent was the transition
from the old order To the new. that there
are living all over New England those ,vhu
can name the last old regime governor.
mayor. or sclectmen. and the first of each
after the people came to the front and as
summed the government and vet the PEG
pie then hardly understood and it is doubt
ful whetherthey fully understand now. the
nature and Consequences Of the revolution
they have inaugurated
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j." We" Ens' ahu IMAM 'lSr
where. because it was simultaneous with
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III: -" "''S"NT"'y Is true nut one
Nri'n ''l,re'eh'eu ln'elhgehce' industry,
r'' i'lI'" 1en>r ueN"'eh u the pub
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,,,, mann 81, "l'n we 81" We" England
nus s''r' hc"' are contrast
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u. ~ i'''ous instruction between the
'''',. Wv i't" note the ueSadehce oi
'.'.,,i '''i i".'''iS I''uehee ana It's c1hse
j',''''H' a. Pa'' "i larger ia't-ts deca
,I.., - y" Ie'e anu I" uirect attention
- ~ 'n' iee,i VI making go"H TINS
'''s W. II, '"eSe up"hS nther
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,;'i'.,; n''n ~ 'e'u',ihs |" an a'ti'e par
'''i ''i' ''''iuy' "l tieSe new III
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a..
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I-llE lhu'l. II ullEnt he accounted Tor bN the
Vi * ""''"Ie' anu 'he n"ckihS u"
,i' .iti'S :" young men VINO formerly re
II. .i''','le' III 'ne country towns, ana We're
'I''' "'s. lher Strensth ana thelr
l."'i''"H hu, there must nave been 9th
,'u' a., az we we S'llil1 revolution Is now
vi ~ WV i,'S ''iiu "S ili Ne" f'lislahu'
''',' w" ,'"l'''s res r"PlIity IN the rl'h
i;.' i,t''''' VS., river where Is the same
fN' up '"e sli''l'ie' "hule
,,'', ~, ~ Wv '"u"li! '"r ,ht excite
,'''''''' ."S "''dNi'lHI prizes ana the more
"a ll'''''''''''tS "l inc 'ltleS'
l''' ,'''H ~ Wv may we cannot TIE
~ ~ "'' why's OF "'u measures Arrest
w ''u "EI'ul'uTe he'olne a.
~ ~ w we West can na'k
Wv Wv us run the great cltieS
VI. ms en'e' plINinS "i 'hoSe "h" nave
IN '''I Ii' : I'Pi%'u'e every circumstance
''. '''''','i''n "'''i' eAls'e'i forty years aS"
=. '"NN' 'N'" I" Tue resurrection
S'"''H ~ u'' =. '"he 81 me ana
~ VIZ i"'i'eSS VI '"eiI Strength Oh the
SUM n'ei, anu women Wh" bullt up the AT
'''' ',','e ~ "'Iu'1S vi We" England t""hS
an" 'n'S W"u'u ne "S l""eiIess 20 recon
s'ruVl S'' Icy III them ON the oid basis rs
we aIe' hey 'ouin NOT 90 II here they
''Hi' ""I 40 II III 'ht Ierlhe west
~" tilo "l" Ne" England to"hS' as they
M 1N''''' i"'ly Years 's"' nave gone forever
ivy may return III some new world, aS
'.Ase VI ~ "cNe"'Piheni nut III thls' neN-
We S''u III, rvpoSe III the uardeh oil Eden
as N'"N neli' theh' II the "ld nave gone
we must nuiiu anew Tor whether New
pecolne New Ireland 50 long aS her noun
ans SIAM anu ner rivers run, ana human
.iie same sue WIN S'iii remain the
""'"'e VI "iSo anu prosperous people. Her
pas, assures hef iujure.
nut we must understand the extent and
~ nI"."',e 81 'he revolution now heglh-
n'i's I" "e IelI as never before and of
Wnlch the neGadenre oil New England
OWNS ana the ehahSe oi society IN them are
'n'y l'SluentS-a revolution winch every
/" ,''' u"S tuIheI the currents oil society
'l'p new 'iuilnelS' niodiled the thoughts
's' purposes III people on great variety
u 1uplett'' impaired the force OF influences
anu i,'"tiN'S once powerful ana the nature
VI Hn''H "'aV u promises or what II por-
'ei'''N TN'lt'9 s"l'IVude among those VINO
-" We" 10 S"''e'N' ana nope among Those
" ~ ~, No n.V
'all 'H'S cn"Nse the elevation oil the
'''SHe'' UT V'eir emancipation from pnnllcal
az" '''''SlaSVlVol lea'ieIAhlp' or Ihe advent
we iesI," VIZ" nupe OF WIN IoreoOulils'
W.. "'isnt 70 know "hat 1t mas eheIted thus
i"r uhe ehu Is not yet-ahd what II
PROMISES OF threatens III tne future II Is
''i''et'llns Pr"'tic"l ana VIII lead 10 Pracii-
VA 'eSultS'
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